Sec. 4. (a) The department shall expunge child abuse or neglect
information relating to a substantiated report not later than the time specified for
expungement of the report from the child protection index under
IC 31-33-26-15.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-33-27-4
- expungement: means :
Indiana Code 31-33-27-1
- information: includes all files and records created or maintained by the department. See Indiana Code 31-33-27-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) The department shall amend information relating to a substantiated report by deleting the name of a person as an alleged perpetrator if:
(1) a court having jurisdiction over a child in need of services proceeding; or
(2) an administrative hearing officer under IC 31-33-26-9;
finds that the person was not a perpetrator of the child abuse or neglect that occurred.
As added by P.L.48-2012, SEC.56.